THE PRESIDENCY: Power Politics

It cannot be said too strongly that
casual, offhand remarks at a press conference are the worst possible
way to deal with matters of such great moment. These are things to be
done carefully and thoroughly . . . not things to be tossed off in this
fashion. Mr. Roosevelt is indulging in a petty vanity, which is that
he is very smart. . . . Mr. Churchill, who has as good a brain as Mr.
Roosevelt, does not do it, and President Wilson did not do it. . . . If
the...